The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for Photography and Politics, on display through December 14. How can images not only document political events but themselves be political acts? Question politics around them? React, subvert politics? Imagine … Continue reading
The Flower City Arts Center will host an Opening Reception for Good Things...come in small packages, on display through December 21. Good Things...come in small packages is an exhibit and sale dedicated to small, finely crafted ceramic art. All work … Continue reading
Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival kicks off at The Cinema with a screening of Daniel Isn't Real (Adam Egypt Mortimer, U.S. 2019, 96 min.), preceded by The Video Store Commercial (Cody Kennedy, Tim Rutherford, Canada 2019, 4 min.): "A desperate … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (Louise Osmond, U.K. 2016, 93 min., DCP) as part of the Labor Film Series. With thirty credits to his name—all of them dealing with the oppression of workers … Continue reading
Mike Recine is either the smartest dumb guy or the dumbest smart guy in the room. He's performed stand-up on Conan, written for the MTV Video Music Awards, performed as a New Face in the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, … Continue reading
The Strong National Museum of Play will host a screening of Insert Coin: Inside Midway's '90s Revolution (Josh Tsui, U.S. 2018). The film follows the untold story of a small team of geeks working in the back of a Chicago … Continue reading
Miki Kashtan will teach a workshop titled Reckoning with Collapse at Coordinated Care Services, Inc.. This workshop is an opportunity to learn and engage with others who are also grappling with the overwhelming information and grim prospects that humanity faces, … Continue reading
The Cinema will host a screening of Shocking! Spooky! Saturday Shorts as part of Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival featuring: Toe (Chad Thurman, Neal O'Bryan, USA 2019, 7 min.): "Horror, A stop-motion gothic folktale. A starving young boy eats a … Continue reading
Martha Collins has just published her tenth book of poetry, Because What Else Could I Do. Her previous volumes include Admit One: An American Scrapbook, White Papers, and the book-length poem Blue Front, as well as the paired volumes Night … Continue reading
Meghan Jordan, curatorial assistant, and Jamie M. Allen, the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Associate Curator, Department of Photography, will discuss their selections for the latest rotation in the History of Photography Gallery. This installation features photographs created by … Continue reading
The Cinema will host a screening of Bacurau (Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil / France 2019, 131 min.) as part of Anomaly—The Rochester Genre Film Festival, preceded by NOM (Angel Hernández Suarez, Spain 2019, 11 min.): "An old cyclist … Continue reading
The Little will screen Córka Trenera (A Coach's Daughter, Åukasz Grzegorek, Poland 2018, 95 min.) as part of the Polish Film Festival. Full of subtle humor, a sensual and striking story about finding your own way in life regardless of … Continue reading
Stephanie Mercedes will discuss the exhibit Photography and Politics at the Flower City Arts Center. Join us for an afternoon with Photography and Politics juror Stephanie Mercedes! Stephanie Mercedes is a Argentinian/American performance artist who graduated from Smith College with … Continue reading